Improved hair-dye



' Preparations for Dying Hair Black or Brown;

- ter, alcohol, and gallic acid, which prepares 0nd compound, consistingof nitrate of silver,

water.

UNIT D STATE-S PATENT OF ICE,

G. C. G. SAUR, OF WASHINGTON,DISTBICT OF COLUMBIA.

lMP ROVED HAIR-DYE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,840, dated July8,1849.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, G. O. G. SAUR, ofWashington, in the District ofColumbia, have invented certain new and useful Compounds or and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

The nature of my invention consists in first applying to the hair awashcomposed of wait for the effective chemical action of thesecgum-arabic, spirits of ammonia, and distilled To enable othersskilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed todescribe its composition and operation.

I prepare a wash or liquid composed of two drains of gallic acid, twoounces of alcohol, and one pint of soft water. This, which I will callNo. 1, I apply to the hair with a sponge, completely saturating ittherewith, and rub- 1 bingit well into theroots. Ithenwipe thehair Iquite dry with a clean towel, and apply with a small bru sh-atooth-brush will doa solution compounded of one ounce of nitrate ofsilver, once ounce of gum-arabic, one ounce of spirits of ammonia, andone pint of distilled Water. This immediately colors the hair, when itis to be well washed with soap and water, and the process is completed,and a beautiful black the result. If it be desirable to produce a goodbrown color, this may be effected by adding one-half pint more of distilled water to the solution No. 2.

Having thus described my invention and pointed out its mode ofapplication, what I claim therein, and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States, is

The wash No. 1 and solution No. 2 wheneompounded and appliedsubstantially as and for the purpose described.

' G. C. G. SAUR.

Vitnesses: I

EDM. F. BROWN, HARRY W. PRICE.

